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VOLUME 12 OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1936 NUMBER FORTY-THREE ARKANSAS REVEALED FAIR TO NEGRO IN FERA EDUCATION Eight Thousand Adult Negroes Have Been Taught To Read BELIEVED RECORD Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 11 — (ANP)—Negroes of this state, whose percentage of those on relief is practically the same as their ratio to the total popula ion, have fared particularly |k well in the federal adult educa tion projects a n d nursery schools. Prank R. Allen, state research coordinator of the WPA, told the Associated Ne gro Press this week. Eight thousand adults have been S taught to read and write. Arkansas ,because it is a cot ton state and due to the' floods and droughts that, have occur cd yearly since 1927 to add to the depression, has been partic ularly hard hit and more peo ple have sought relief in 1935 lhan in 1934, the figures show. A total of 404 Negroes have been employed on the operat ing staff, of which 54 are ease workers and 350 teachers. Around 98,500 of the state’s 478,463 Negroes were on relief in 1935. Allen revealed. This was 25.4 per cent of the total of 393,052 given aid, almost a hun dred more than received help in 1934 .Witjh whites (averaging 74.6 of those getting relief, the proportion as to race in Ar kansas shows Negroes receiving funds than is their 27 per cent funds tha nis their 27 per cent of the whole population. Hit Hard in Country Ruralites of color have been hardest, hit by far. Eighty two per cent of Arkansas' colored population are found on the farm, and these are 85 per cent of Negroes seeking relief. Only 15,071 of the 89,162 city dwell ers of the state are on the rolls. Allen explains this by saying * the urbanites embody most of 9 the educated and skilled work ers who are not dependent on cotton farming" for their liveli hood. (Continued on page five) No. 1 Headwaiter JOSEPH S. McLANE ■0 Famous dining room chief tain, and one of teh best known hotel men in America. The story of his life and career re cently won a pdize in The In terracial Commission achieve ment contest.—ANP. \ New Era Baptist Association Holds Quarterly Meet By B. S. Sutton, Representative Of The Omaha Guide The New Era Baptist Asso ciation held its first Quarterly Board Meeting January 7 and 8 with Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Rev. F. F. Jones, Pastor. The theme of the meeting was the teaching work of the church Truly the meeting was the most inspiring and awakening 1 have ever attend in my seventeen years of state work. Everything was well thought out and plan ned toward making the meeting a success. Tuesday evening at 7:30 a repast was enjoyed. Round table discussion was given un der the auspices of the BY PIT, Mr. J. W. Dacus, President. The long table was stretched almost across the length of the dining room, with Pastor Curry at its head. After listening to the masterful address delivered by Pastor Curry on the subject “Challenging BYPU leader ship ’’ we sat in silent thought. We could but think of Ihe oc casion when Jesus sat with Ilis disciples at the Last Passover. This meeting was opened with song and prayer by Mr. Darus, Master of ceremonies. I was called upon to talk, and rose, complaining that 1 should be called upon before being fed. My subject was “Contributions toward meeting the problems of leadership of the BYPU.” Re marks were made by the Mod erator and Associated Pastors, after which the master of cere monies had everyone to stand— those that had rendered service were asked to come in that they might receive a word of thanks for same. Mr. Roy Gordon was called upon to respond in be half of the guests. A short re cess was taken, after which Mrs. F. P. Jones led the devo tional, assisted by the choir. President Daeus called the meeting, to order and turned it over to vice-superintendent Garner, in the absence of Pres ident Anderson, who was out of the city on business. Another inspiring and thought-propell ing program was rendered. On Wednesday night, Rev. C. H. Nicks, Pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Lincoln, Ne braska, preached an old-time, soul stirring, doctrinal sermon on the “Teaching Forces of the Kingdom”. He was very frank and outspoken in his remarks. Everyone seemed to have been in accord with his remarks. Rev. Stevenson, of Harrisburg, Pa., was introduced. In his re marks, he referred to the fine personnel of the ministry', and admonished his hearers to fol low them. Looking for a Degree Visitor—“What is the profes sor’s research work?” His Wife— “It consists principally of hunting for his spectacles.” FEW ATTEND METHODIST MEETING Methodist Confab In Memphis Hears Jap And Singers NO JIM CROW Memphis ,Tenn., Jan. 11 — (ANP)—Nine thousand white delegates and visitors to the Methodist Young People’s Con erence, packed Ellis Auditor ium. Saturday night to hear Dr. Toyohike Kagawa, famous Jap anese Christian lecturer, writ er, and preacher of the doctrine of Love and Brotherhood, and to witness one of the finest con certs ever presented in Memphis by the A. and I., State college singers from Nashville. Dr. Ka kawa held the stage for the first half of the program with his pointed philosophy of Love and Life. Fewer than 200 eNgroes were present at the meeting despite the wide spread information that they would not be discrim inated against. Dr. Walter Towner, chairman of the direct ing commtitee for the mam moth meet said “racial dis crimination has no place in a Christian program, and all peo ple of all nations and all races are welcome to all of the meet ings held during the Methodist Young People’s Conference.” lie further said one of the main purposes of the conference is to create a finer spirit of broth erhood between races in Amer ica and between nations of the earth. Women Granted The Right To Vote In. The Virgin Islands St. Thomas, V. I., Jan. 11—I (ANP)—-Following demands made by the St. Thomas Teach ers Association, reputed to be one of the most powerful forc es on the Virgin Islands, the Federal District Court issued a mandamus to the Board of Ed ucation oredring the Board to place the names of women qual ified to vote upon the list of registrants. This action ended a battle that has been in pro gress for several year's on the part of women to gain the right of suffrage. Worker Gets Four . . Years For Theft Of Few Potatoes New York, Jan. 11—Two to four years in prison was hand ed out to William Thomas, who was caught by police taking potatoes from a Bronx grocery store on the night of October 31st. Williams, marked by the rav ages of privation which every year drives hundreds of young men to petty theft, pleaded guilty to the charge of third degree burglary. Excused Fireman—Excuse me, captain, I was lost in thought. Captain—Yes, it’s always easy to get lost where one is a stranger. nr"> iir1™*—" • * •» - ORLANDO ROBESON Feature soloist with the Claude Hopkins Band, now playing night ly at New York’s famous night cii'.b..Tho Cotton Club. .Recover ed from his recent Illness..his sweet and pleasing voice mav again be heard vm CBS air waves. NEGROES IN THE NEWS Lindbergh’s Latest Flight For years most of us Ameri cans have followed 1he move ments of Colonel Charles A. Iiindbergh with interest and pride. The great trans-Atlantic air-flight of he Lone Eagle has been pushed into the shadow land of insignificance, however, by the more recent steamship flight with his family to Eng land. Ilis announced reason for leaving America—the lawless ness and unsafety of life and limb in our country—serves to remind the entire world of a act that 1000 lynohings and brutal mob murders had failed ito arrive home. Lindbergh cross ing the Atlantic with his wife and baby and every Negro flee ing racial prejudice and injus tice, both tell the world the same story—America is neither safe nor civilized. Loe Louis A New York City sports writer summing up the notable sport events of 1935 has this to say of Joe Louis: “Boxing af ter eight forlorn years witness ed its first million dollar gate The powerful fists of a Negro youth of Detroit prectically unknown twelve months ago, provided the magic touch that brought this specaele abon.’’ We Are Learning How A Negro wife and mother in Brooklyn—surrounded by four hungry children and a husband on relief—decided to appeal to the Mayor rather than Santa Claus. She borrowed a few coins from a friend and sent the Mayor of New York City the following telegram: “Will You Please Help Met I haven’t any ood for my children. Tomorrow is Christmas and we are starv ing.’’ Investigation by the May or revealed that although em ployed on a WPA project the j husband had not been paid for J two weeks. There was no food in the house, not even milk for the baby. An unpaid grocery bill of $12.00 blocked the road to further credit. On Christinas day, as a result of this brave and resourceful mother’s appeal the kitchen shelves were filled with food, kettles were bubl ing on the stove, and a real Christmas dinner was enjoyed by the family. The Mayor of New York City had answered Mrs. Lees Telegram. Religion Running Wild Three followers of Father Divine trapped in a Newark, New Jersey fire spurn rescue (Continued on page five) STEVEDORES WIN STRIKE ON GULF Longshoremen Win In Long: Dispute Over Wag:es and Hours NINETEEN PORTS Houston, Texas, Jan 11—Gulf Coast longshoremen. Negro and white, have won concessions from shipping companies in Nineteen ports. Agreements with the International Longshore men’s Association arc now be ing signed by the deep sea ship ping companies as well as be coastwidc companies. Lykes Broth ere, largest ship per on the Gulf and most op posed to the union, arc also now negotiating a settlement of the strike in Gulf ports. The strike for the right of collective bargaining has been waged particularly agamst those companies which practice an anti-Negro policy. The strikers won a five cents per hour increase in wages and one cent per bale increase in cotton handlers’ wages. This raises the deep sea scale to 85 Cents per hour and lf> cents per bale The coastwiee scale is 80 cents an hour. On the instructions of Presi dent Ryan, the ILA has agreed to settle only for western Gulf ports and to leave the strike in eastern ports to meditation be fore the McGrady Board. The ILA also agrees to split the work with the 250 members r f the Lone Star Longshoremen s Association, a company union and to give it an ILA charter. The Gulf longshoremen bit terly oppose these terms and have conceded them only be cause of the refusal of Ryan to carry out the boycott of the Gulf cargo in Atlantic ports, de spite his pormise of a tie-up of Gulf ships in other ports United Ethiopian Committee Elects Officers In N. Y. New York, Jan. 11—The new ly-formed United States Com mittee for Defense of Ethiopia in Harlem announced the elec tion of the following officers: Chairman, Capt. A. L. King; Vice-chairman, Mr. Leon Dos Fortes, Dr. Willis N. Huggins, Dr. C. H. Dolly; Secretary, Mr. Cyril Philip; Treasurer, Dr. Arnold Donawa. A Trustee Hoard of prominent persons, who will he responsible for the funds collected, will be an nounced shortly. Additional officers are as fol lows :—Chairman of Field Work Dr. Huggins; Chairman of Fin ancial Campaigns, Dr. Thorgues 3ie; Chairman of Campaign for Medical Aid, Dr. J. J. Jones. Temporary headqaurtcrs of the new organization are 2384 Seventh Ave., N. Y. C. Funds should be sent to Dr. Arnold Donawa at this address. Among the groups in the uni field organization are : The Na tive African Union of America, Inc., the Committee for Ethiop idt, the Provisional Committee for Defense of Ehiopia, MAN WHO LOST FEET IN NORTH CAROLINA PRISON SHUNS AID New York Relief Boss Is Attacked For Discrimination New York, Jan. 11—The statement of WPA Administra tor Riddcr that a shortage of skilled workers on relief rolls J.ad kept the works project from reaching its full quota of 256, 000 was sharply challenged by Roy Lancaster, Negro supervis or of the Works Project Admin istration house-keeping project. Mr. Lancaster was supported by Joseph Gilebrt, president of the Project Workers Union, and Willis Morgan, president of the City Projects Council, who pre sented a long list of skilled workers available ror WPA work. To complete his program, Mr. Kidder said, he needed timber workers, stone cutters, recrea tional directors, carpentes, teachers, ami skilled mechanics. Expose? Jim Cow Lancaster charged that the rolls could be quickly filled if Negroes were not discriminat ed against, “They are ufl on "WPA, but they are working as laborers,’’ he said. “I guess they don’t want Negroes.’ ’ Concerning the teachers need ed, Mr. Lancaster said he could supply six Negro persons qual ified for the job within twelve hours notice. He had sent 17 qualified recreational directors for jobs, but they were refused. Joseph Gilbert charging Kid der wtih deliberate falsification of the WPA situation said, “The Project Workers’ Union can send Mr. Kidder 500 car penters who are now working as laborers and who have been waiting for several months to be reclassified.’’ Kcgiiiald Inniss, Negro ex member of the WPA re-rating board said that he had seen Negro professionals with coll ege degrees turned down when they applied for teachers’ po sitions. American Capital Manufacturing Rum In Virgin Island _ St. Thomas, V. I., plan. 11 — (ANP)—Disclosures made here recently by Boyd J. Brown, president of the Government Owned Virgin Islands Company revealed that private Ameri can capitalists were promoting the manufacture of Virgin Is land rum, much of which is transported to the State. Joe Louis Will Meet Schmelling This Summer New York—Fight fans are prepared to evict baseball en thusiasts from a New York baseball park when the Brown Bomber meets Max Schmelling, former heavyweight champ in June. ® _ Chain Gang Cruelty by Guards Cause Of Amputation WILL SUeT STATE Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 11— (ANP)—Footless hut yet proud Woodrow Shropshire whose feet were amputated because of an Infection caused by pun ishment in a North Carolina pirson, refused to accept the check for $15 tendered him by the State here last week, M. E. Beatty, district engineer for the State Highway and Public Works Commission announced here Tuesday. He further stat ed that Robert Barnes, also a victim of the “Little dark house’’ accepted the cheek pre ferred him with “thanks.” Shropshire and Barnes while serving a term on the roads were placed in the “little dark - house” for punishment. For hours they were forced to stand in mud and water during the cold weather. When removed it was discovered that infection had set in on their feet which subsequently grew gangrenous and their feet had to be am putated. uauses outre-wiae xnvestigaion The case brought about a state-wide investigation of all the penal farms which revealed that prisoners were frequently subjected to beastial and inhu man treatment as a means of punishment for the most trivial cause. These disclosures led to the order that all such instru ments of punishment should he abolished. While this was carried out, it did not remedy the. condition of the permanently crippled Shropshire and Barnes. A ses sion of the legislature was call ed and it was decided artificial feet must be provided for the men and this was done but to (Continued on page five) Miss Agrnes Coleman [... 1.—. .. - Miss Agnes Coleman is back in Ihe city to continue her winter revival indefinitely. Everybody is welcome. She would like to see all old friends again. The Church of God. 2025 N. 24th St.